Results of multilevel surgery in diplegic cerebral palsy at skeletal maturity: new evidence

Long-term results after single event multilevel surgery for the correction of gait disorders in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Gait improvement surgery in ambulatory children with diplegic cerebral palsy

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Instrumented 3-D gait analyses (GA) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) have shown improved gait function 1 year postoperatively. Using GA, we assessed the outcome after 5 years and evaluated parental satisfaction with the surgery and the need for additional surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS 34 ambulatory children with spastic diplegia had preoperative GA. Based on this GA...

One-stage hip reconstruction in children with cerebral palsy: long-term results at skeletal maturity

PURPOSE Hip subluxation is common in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Surgery is indicated in case of pain or progressive increase of Reimers index on radiographs. Peri-iliac osteotomy combined with femoral osteotomy is one of the numerous operative techniques available, but results at skeletal maturity remain unclear. The purpose of this radiological study was to report the long-term results...

Percutaneous Versus Open Hamstring Lengthening in Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy

Background: Open hamstring lengthening (oHSL) is commonly performed to decrease knee contracture and improvegait and posture for children with spastic diplegia. Furthermore, percutaneous hamstring lengthening (pHSL) is alsogaining popularity as an alternative to the open approach. This study aimed to compare the results of pHSL versusoHSL and to determine the efficacy and safe...

Multilevel surgery for equinus gait in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy: medium-term follow-up with gait analysis.

BACKGROUND In children with spastic diplegia, surgery for ankle equinus contracture is associated with a high prevalence of both overcorrection, which may result in a calcaneal deformity and crouch gait, and recurrent equinus contracture, which may require revision surgery. We sought to determine if conservative surgery for equinus gait, in the context of multilevel surgery, could result in the...